mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that joshua manning, a pas nasa fellow, a detailee, and brandon fischer, a coast guard fellow at the commerce committee be allowed floor privileges for the 114th congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, we are going back into space with americans on american rockets and we are going to mars. we are on the cusp of the next big breakthrough in space exploration. it's interesting that this is at the very time that in our culture here on earth, the movie that's hearkening back, "star wars," is coming out again and it's to be such a blockbuster at the box office. well, what is fictional in "tar trek" and "star wars" is now becoming factual. and in large part is what has been done in the nation's space program since the shutdown of the spa

mr. nelson said was, that he did not have any issue with that.e thought that was the right tactic to take because at that time, even though was under the reagan administration, the power of the epa and regulators was growing. and so the industry fell that it was not been properly heard. and there were trying to introduce science, trying to get research done, trying to happen papers published in peer-reviewed journals. his viewpoint, and that of the industry, was that they could not get their voices heard in or worried about overregulation. so rather than having scientists work on a task force and engage with policy makers, the best way to do this was to have lawyers and lobbyists, and that is how mr. nelson helped fill out the picture from the documents we have. amy: i want to go to the late 1990's and look at the oil industries' role in opposing the kyoto protocol, which was adopted by many countries to cut fossil fuel emissions but was never ratified by the united states. a draft action plan circulated by the american petroleum institute at the

mr. nelson: mr. president, we are in morning business, is that the parliamentary -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. nelson: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: now am i correct we're in morning business? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. nelson: thank you. mr. president, i want to take a moment to talk about a piece of legislation that a number of us have filed. there will be several senators speaking here later in the afternoon about the seniors and veterans emergency benefits act. it's a very important piece of legislation to help millions of americans who depend on social security benefits to make ends meet. and i want to emphasize that point that a lot of the american population do not realize that there are senior citizens that their sole existence is on the check that they get from social security. and, therefore, if something unexpectedly goes up in price price, and unfort

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. nelson: mr. president, a number of my colleagues will be coming to the floor in just awhile to talk about the crisis that is going on in the island territory of puerto rico remember, puerto rico is a territory. its citizens are u.s. citizens, and we often forget that, particularly as they are now facing economic challenges that are growing worse by the day. and although we just had an opportunity in the omnibus appropriations bill to address puerto rico's fiscal crisis, it appears that congress is going to go home without having done the bare minimum for puerto rico. in the meantime, puerto rico is going to start the new year on the verge of default, as the governor faces the troubling choice of whether paying for essential public services, that he does that or that he makes a billion-dollar debt payment to wall street creditors. public services -- health, fire, police, water

mr. nelson: i thank the senator for yielding. mr.nt, i'm going to say two short paragraphs, but, first, my commendations to the leadership that has already been mentioned by the esteemed majority leader. my commendations to my colleague, our chairman on the commerce committee, senator thune, who has been a pleasure to work with, and my unending comments to the staff, including kim lipski, the staff director for our minority staff on the commerce committee. i just wanted to echo what you've said, because of this bill, we're going to provide states and communities with over $300 billion over five years to repair the roads and bridges of this country and greatly improve rail and port projects. and as a result, we are going to create jobs. in my state of florida, this translates to $12 million that can be used for improvements on interstate 95, interstate 75, and the projects such as sun rail and trirail and the street cars in fort lauderdale. this is just a small example and i am so grateful to everyone. thank you very much. i yield the

mr. nelson gave us some very important information. he did talk about video and the fact that the other two, three-story buildings had some form of security where you needed a key pass to get in and get through several doors and if you didn't, you were escorted by the conference center and a soft target and they allowed in. it's interesting they went to that particular facility. this could go on for awhile and this is not just turning into a manhunt type investigation but a regular fugitive type investigation. >> if there are images, video, still pictures, whatever cedric alexander, it's critically important to make those public as quickly as possible. i assume you agree with me on that. >> absolutely. any information, pictures, pictures of the vehicles, any picture to hone in on their face will be helpful because we need the public involved, wolf, to help identify if they see this vehicle or see the persons involved in this heinous act. >> the san bernardino police chief said he would brief reporters at the top of each hour, even if h

mr. nelson says that this was really a miracle for dog gone out on their own all three said to be in good condition. the short >> reporter: term. of the high pressure building tonight this is what you can expect in the north they settled lower for 30's and the '30's and conceit although not as severe and then about 34 livermore antioch 39 meanwhile the peninsula of authority is going on tonight and then one of the players first of all cable the happened to that moisture and with a cluster showers that's good news because sofa be in tonight and then bombed the temperature double that with all the section here was of it will be sent to the north and the short term. time and then that's what we're talking about in terms of rain the south bay for tomorrow pre much plan upper 60s san jose's 60 and high samara upper 50s step-by-step process when state looking for temperatures warm even further and then we have that rain scattered showers and a freeze you wind be a. and then they drop off a little bit. based tableting gadgets and of the texas been hacked. back to tell how many have been hacked >

mr. nelson is the c.e.o. of another for-profit education company that's under massive state and federal scrutiny. the career education corporation. what about the students who were lured by edmc's illegal recruitment mill pressured by the company's high pressure boiler room tactics entered mountains of student debt. they can't find jobs many times and they certainly can't repay their loans. attorney general lynch called edmc's tactics a violation of the trust placed in them by the students. more than 40 state attorneys general accused the company of deception and misleading recruitment. so let's be clear, this was not just a case of edmc lying to the federal government. students who were the victims. i encourage the department of education to use the evidence the department of justice for students provided loan relief. but make no mistake, if the students are spared, the student debt from these fly-by-night, for-profit colleges, ultimately the taxpayers will be the losers as well. we provided the money to the

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, i ask consent that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. nelson: mr. president, we're about to consider a big appropriations bill all wrapped up into one called an omnibus appropriations. i think it will be a good bill, but here we go again about trying to attach all kinds of goodies to it because now with just a few days left in the funding before, by the way, the u.s. government spending authority and appropriation expires, to the best of my recollection, that's about nine and a half days away, so we have got to get something done, but what's happening is that the special interests are coming out of the woodwork and they are hard at work to sneak sweetheart deals into what is a must-pass piece of legislation, the funding to keep the government of the united states functioning. so these special interests that suddenly are popping up and sneaking out the corner, th

mr. nelson: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. me say, while my colleague from michigan is here, we appreciate so much his participation in the commerce committee and especially the expertise that he brings to the table with regard to all things automotive, since his state in fact is the automotive state. and he is a valued member of our commerce committee. i thank the senator from michigan. mr. president, americans are understandably frightened by the terrorist attacks in paris and san bernardino, and as we mourn the loss of the victims, our hearts go out to their friends and families. we were shocked 14 years ago on september 11 when foreign terrorists struck our homelan homelandment for thhomeland.forg oceans did not protect us from foreign terrorists. now we know that we have to be prepared to meet the threat, not only abroad but here at home. and first it means that we have to see the threat clearly. it doesn't just come from shadowy foreign terrorist groups like isis or al qaeda. but now we see that it comes from a lone wolf

mr. nelson. this is exactly the type of data we want to see. it's great to see the actual ridership. surveys that were done with the youth to see such high numbers and what they are able to experience on muni and feel like they are being treated with respect riding muni. i think this is really good data and to see what lines the youth are riding on. i think that's based on the tags? >> yes. we have gps data point and bus line data point. >> you can tell where they are getting tagged and how often they are being used. >> we can at least see where they are getting on. >> i think it's great we can collect that type of level of data and see where the ridership is. one other thing to note on average per card is the an average of two times per day. >> it's 2.2 per card. probably someone transferring. >> interesting data. we do have a couple of comments from commissioners starting with supervisor yee. >>supervisor norman yee: thanks for the presentation. it's great to see so many kids are using this. i guess the 2.2 is a good thing meaning they leave home, go to school. they leave school an

mr. mcconnell: i further ask the committee-reported substitute be withdrawn, the nelson substitute amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be read three timed and pafs -- three times and passed, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i now ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to immediate consideration of calendar 62, s. 993. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 62, s. 993, a bill to increase public safety and so forth. the presiding officer: is there any further debate? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. mcconnell: i further ask the franken amendment be agreed to. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the bill as amended be read a third time and the senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill as amended. the presiding officer: without objection. the question occurs on the bill as amended. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the aye

mr. right for the first time. >> i didn't really start to feel nervous until i put my wedding dress on. koinlt breathe. >> this 27-year-old vanessa nelson failed to find way in conventional ways like through a friend or dating web sites. so she signed up with the show's social experiment where experts matched scientific soul mates to make three couples. >> i thought it was a little more logical to have a team of experts to take the time to conduct hours of assessments and interviews and select someone just right for me. tried dating a co-worker, a woman from church and even used dating apps. he told "e.t." he was nervous about not being physically tracted to his new bride. >> i was preparing for myself to be someone who is 3 fat'5" and a troll under the bridge. >> does this experiment work? two couples from season one are still hitched but none from last season made it. >> i also was able to see the successes of the couples and, you know, some of the couples that didn't make it. but i learned so much just from watching from my couch. >> but tomorrow on fyi, someone may get stood up at the alter. >> this is crazy. okay, i change my mind.

on behalf of chairman mccain, senator nelson please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary carter i gave a speech recently and showed the map of syria and iraq and the area that isis used to occupy that it no longer occupies. and the area that it occupies now that it did not occupy and the difference is dramatic that you all have shrunk the territorial occupation of isis and you are to be congratulated on that. but at the end of the day as you all testified, syria is not going to be able to contain isis until, at least there is a plan for the exit of president as said. now, when that occurs, what is the arab force is going to be on the ground with the guidance of our special operations forces? give me a concept of what that makeup is of that arab force. >> well it is a very good question, gets to issue of end state and campaign and political ingredient because a political transition in syria is essential to a durable end state. civil war in syria started this whole business in syria. and that would mean, and that time the, the force that is now not available becau

white house counsel to president reagan's later, and then also served under new york governor nelson rockefeller. mr. wallison is the author of ronald reagan, the power of conviction, written many books on financial risks. he frequently writes columns that are published in "the wall street journal." i'm sure many of you have read them as well as the op-ed pages of the "new york times." ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm steamboat welcome to peter wallison. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> well, it's wonderful to be here. and i must say, i have to give a lot of credit to jennifer because i've written a book and its an important book i think, but what jennifer song in this book when it first came out which was in january of this year, she saw that there was a direct connection between what i was talking about, would be talking about when i described this book, and the desire of the organization here, the steamboat institute, to protect capitalism. there is a tremendous relationship between what happened in a financial crisis and the issue of whether capitalism is going to survive effectively in the united sta

and on behalf of chairman mccain, senator nelson, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary carter, i gave a speech recently and showed the map of syria and iraq. and the area that isis used to occupy that it no longer occupies. and the area that it occupies now that it not occupy, and the difference is dramatic that you all have shrunk the territorial occupation of isis and you are to be congratulated on that. but at the end of the day, as ou all have already testified, able is not going to be contain isis until at least there is a plane for the exit of president assad. , what is hat occurs the arab force that is going to be on the ground with the guidance of our special operations forces? what is -- give me a concept of what that makeup is of that arab force. >> well, it's a very good question and it gets to the issue of the end state of the campaign here and the critical political ingredient. because political transition in syria is essential to a durable end state to this -- civil war in syria that started this whole business in syria. and that would mean -- an

nelson. the entire eyewitness news team including the new mrs. smith, thank you for joining us. [ laughter ] >> stay tuned for gma coming up next. we'll be back here just before

mr. crump: they were simply ordinary people, doing extraordinary things. king, thereverend children should know that because of what happened here in montgomery, another young lawyer , named nelson mandela, on the other side of the world they are to change his nation, because of what happened here in montgomery. [applause] mr. crump: the role of lawyers, senator clinton, young girls need to know about the lawyer from your state of new york named constance baker motley, who, along with thurgood marshall, was an architect in the landmark case of brown versus the board of education, and became the first african-american woman to be a federal judge. our girls need to know that. and we have to tell them. , that'sney gray says why we're here. simply ordinary people doing extraordinary things. we all have the capacity. to do extra ordinary things to make the world better for our children. attorney crump, are you saying it's easy? no. attorney gray would tell you it's very hard. they had to endure many sacrifices, and much suffering. know here at the dexter avenue baptist church, that all things work together for good, for those who love god, and those who are called according to his wi

nelson mandella. the sound bite and the headlines that you will see and hear over the coming 24 hours, the point that mrblatter said, "i'm really sorry". that wasn't an apology because he went on to say he was sorry for football. he said he had asked for this press conference. he said he wanted a clean sheet situation. he then gave us his version of what happened between him and mr platini. he said it was a gentleman's agreement made after the world cup in 1998 in france. he said, however, the ethics committee of f.i.f.a. denied the existence of such an agreement. that, we suspect, is a point that mr blatter will have to address in the coming weeks and months because i'm sure the ethics committee will say he is actually flipping that around. the ethics committee has never denied the existence of an agreement. but what they're saying there should have been a paper agreement because mr platini said to mr blatter, "i want to come and work for you at f.i.f.a. but you have to pay me". so they came up with this scheme to delay the payment. let's listen into that news conference again. >> made the decision for

mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the student in homestead, florida, and congratulate him as student council president. president nelson, who is 13 years old, ran on a platform of adding additional school spirit days and helping the less fortunate with food during the holiday season. the story of president nelson's path to success at such a young age has a lot to admire. in first grade he was diagnosed with autism. however, nelson has overcome difficult odds and has not only been a very successful student academically, winning awards like reading plus for web-based comprehension program, but has ack selled socially as well. his teachers, parents and fellow students have been a tremendous support network and have greatly contributed to president nelson's success. so president nelson, i proudly recognize your leadership of the student body of somerset city arts and look forward to visiting with you soon. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, for five minutes. mr. garamendi: i thank you, mr. speake

services and sacrifices of many, senator, and on behalf of chairman mccain, senator nelson, please. >> thank you, mr chairman. secretary carter, i gave a speech recently and showed the map of syria and iraq and the area that isis used to occupy, that it no longer occupies. and the area that it occupies now that it did not occupy, and the difference is dramatic that you all have shrunk the territorial occupation of isis. and you are to be congratulated on that. but at the end of the day, as you all have already testified, syria is not going to be able to contain isis until at least there is a plan for the exit of president assad. now, when that occurs, what is the arab force, that is going to be on the ground with the guidance of our special operations forces, what is -- give me a concept of what that makeup is of that arab force. >> well, it's a very good question, and it gets to the issue of the end state of the campaign here and the critical political ingredient, because a political transition in syria is essential to a durable end state to this, because it's the civil war in syria that started th

mr. breen has been very amicable. betty: he only came on board in november so he came on board to strike some sort of deal. nelson peltz was at the forefront of the dupont shareholder and they just came out with a statement saying -- it is a long semen so i will not read the whole thing could essentially, they fully support this transformative transactions. there were approach, they say, i du pont and down to sign -- by dupont and dow to sign agreements.ity nelson is certainly happy because he has made quite a bit of money from this, as well as other activist shareholders. brooke: this is really the dream of an activist. you get more scale and more focus of the same time. you are really getting the best of both worlds doing this. it seems like this is definitely something the activists as well as other shareholders are going to like. is it unusual they were brought in so intimately in this transaction? brooke: it was a smart move on dupont's part. you have the proxy fight which got a little vicious. betty: and led to the departure of ellen kullman. just making sure they were on board probably didn't hurt them. yo

like george romney and nelson rockefeller, suddenly didn't have a role in the '64 election that nominated goldwater. >> he is the man who earned and proudly carries the title of mrckefeller, in his campaign, was painting the conservatives as extremists. and then my father followed up with his famous words about it. >> i would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. and let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. >> goldwater did not recognize that he was opening up a pandora's box. by saying that extremism could be a good thing, he was basically opening the door to the birchers and leftover ku klux klan and all these other groups that were beyond the pale. >> the head of the georgia klan came out for your ticket. do you accept their support? >> we don't want the backing of the ku klux klan. >> that's a different kind of extremist, and my father would have none of it. >> a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> thank you. i have spent most of my life as a democrat. i recently have seen fit to follow another course. >> ronald reagan was an actor, but it was in 1964 that suddenly he explodes on to the nati

nelson, 18. sa mereajuly 26, 2013, biscotti. gallanos, 33.fier sylvia perez. 2015. valley, march 13, thomas -- the chair: gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. yoho: i ask unanimous consent to dress the house tore one minute and extend and revise. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yoho: i rise to congratulate the trenton tigers for the florida 1-a football championship. and young men entered 14-0 broke the clock this is a feat that has never been down before. it defeated port st. joe and gives the tigers the second championship in three years and impressive achievement cannot be accomplished without hard work and dedication. the hard work of a two-a day practice schedule and hard work of individual team members playing as one and hard work of a coaching staff to guide the team to victory. i congratulate andrew thomas and his staff in coaching these young men. coach thomas' leadership has not been unnoticed. he has been named coach of the year. thanks for carrying on your great winning tradition and continuing to make the town of trenton, florida, proud of our young athletes and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gent

mr. president, thank senator wicker for his noble service. i want to thank -- i'm sure he and i both would like to thank senators thune and nelson, the ranking members, on the overall committee who worked to ensure that our bill was part of a massive highway transportation bill. our long-term economic competitiveness as a country. we talk about national security. when our economy fuels our strength at home and abroad, and investing in infrastructure, which has a long history of being a bipartisan priority is something i'm proud to join with roger wicker and continue that great american tradition of investing in our communities, creating more growth, creating more jobs, creating a strong economy that makes for a strong nation. mr. wicker: mr. president, it probably doesn't come as a surprise for people to hear a senator from the northeast be such a strong advocate of passenger rail and of amtrak, but i can tell you that as this representative of mississippi and a senator from the southeastern part of the united states, we believe in passenger rail, too. it's torn to the entire -- important to the entire national economy and so it's important

mr. nelson: thank you. mr. president, i want to take a moment to talk about a piece of legislation that a number of us have filed. there will be several senators speaking here later in the afternoon about the seniors and veterans emergency benefits act. it's a very important piece of legislation to help millions of americans who depend on social security benefits to make ends meet. and i want to emphasize that point that a lot of the american population do not realize that there are senior citizens that their sole existence is on the check that they get from social security. and, therefore, if something unexpectedly goes up in price price, and unfortunately we have seniors that have facing the situation of either food or some of their medicine. now how could this be in america in the year 2015? but it is there. it is among some of our senior citizens. the last congress i had the privilege of chairing the aging committee. we held a number of hearings on this issue, and it will break your heart, but that is going